Horoscopes

ARIES: While Aries know how to get stuff done, your interpersonal skills could take an upgrade this week. Dong things your way might be right for you, but expecting others to do it your way can stifle their initiative. And who knows - their way might be unexpectedly fabulous...

TAURUS: Home's where the heart is in the time of the family-oriented Crab, and this week sees you spending extra time there - with family, entertaining friends, and making home improvements to Taurus Towers that will make you feel especially content.

GEMINI: Geminis love educating, exchanging, informing. And this week you're exceptionally quick to pick up peoples' feelings as well, so anything you might be selling - products, ideas, your own skills and talents - will have no shortage of buyers.

CANCER: If you're feeling ambivalent about a person or group you're involved with - well, there's nothing new about that. The benefit of it this week will be taking a good look at alternatives to staying locked into what's not working the way you want it to.

LEO: The intrepid David Attenborough confessed to gaining courage from BBC director general Lord Reith's quote in his memoirs: It is royal to do right and receive abuse... something worth remembering this week, your Majesty, when you do your best and other people pick it to bits.

VIRGO: Concentrate on what's right and going well this week rather than what's wrong and not working. See the glass half full instead of half empty - or just fill the damn thing up and forget half measures. Remember expressing love is more important than cataloguing your worries.

LIBRA: It takes a lot of energy keeping a pleasant public face, and your not-so-abfab features under lock and key. Life's a lot riskier when you engage with your warts and all self (something you might find others accept more easily than you do) but ultimately it's more satisfying.

SCORPIO: Your Mars energy's strong this week, and that competitive streak's showing - ditto the Scorpionic will to win. Soften up and tenderise a little with fluid exercise like dancing or swimming. And giving others what they want brings you warm and fuzzy sense of satisfaction, so why not?

SAGITTARIUS: You're a super sharp reasoner, but there's some tunnel vision going on in the awareness department. You hate false authority, dishonest advertising and fraudulent claims. So don't accept anything just on someone's say-so this week. Do your own research.

CAPRICORN: Family, finances and security are all specials on this week's menu. But you'll deal with them in your unusual style, turning whatever decisions you make to financial advantage. A performance situation could see you surprising everyone - yourself included.

AQUARIUS: If your fertile imagination gets you upset this week the solution is - wait for it - breath control. You're an air sign, so here's the scoop: moving the air in your body changes your state of mind. So breathe deep, sing, swim, run, jump up and down, whatever it takes...

PISCES: If something you don't agree with, that you know with your whole being isn't right, touches you deeply this week, don't hesitate to speak out - or to stand alone, because others will join you. Wrangles notwithstanding, this is the year's premier togetherness week.